Terry Coles wrote:
>
> > On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Terry Coles wrote:
> >
> >> Those who are interested in the history of computing may well wish to sign
> >> this petition:
> >>
> >> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1
> >>
> >
> > The number of signatories has increased by 3000 since
Terry Coles wrote:
> On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Terry Coles wrote:
>
>> Those who are interested in the history of computing may well wish to sign
>> this petition:
>>
>> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1
>>
>
> The number of signatories has increased by 3000 since I signed thi
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> > > 2. In KDE, Youtube, games, etc work fine *until* I start Amarok.
> > > Then some sound stops working as before. (Also Einstein has to be
> > > killed multiple times before I can get rid of it.)
>
> Sounds like Einstein gets itself we
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Terry Coles wrote:
> Those who are interested in the history of computing may well wish to sign
> this petition:
>
> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1
The number of signatories has increased by 3000 since I signed this just
before my last post on this Topic
Hi Terry,
> > 2. In KDE, Youtube, games, etc work fine *until* I start Amarok.
> > Then some sound stops working as before. (Also Einstein has to be
> > killed multiple times before I can get rid of it.)
Sounds like Einstein gets itself wedged in some busy loop constantly
trying to do something
On 31/08/09 14:01, Terry Coles wrote:
> Those who are interested in the history of computing may well wish to sign
> this petition:
>
> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1
>
> These articles give a good summary of the background:
>
> http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2248379/thousands-
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Terry Coles wrote:
> It turns out that it wasn't as simple as I'd thought and a bit more
> experimentation reveals some new clues:
> 1. Everything works as normal in the Xfce desktop.
> 2. In KDE, Youtube, games, etc work fine *until* I start Amarok. Then some
> sound stops
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> > Actually, instead of removing KDE 4.3, I logged back in to see if
> > anything worked. It does! Installing the XUbuntu desktop obviously
> > updated the right things, so in theory at least, I can just leave it
> > as it is.
>
> Good.
Hi Terry,
> Actually, instead of removing KDE 4.3, I logged back in to see if
> anything worked. It does! Installing the XUbuntu desktop obviously
> updated the right things, so in theory at least, I can just leave it
> as it is.
Good.
> Just a couple more questions. When Synaptic installed
Terry Coles wrote:
> Just a couple more questions. When Synaptic installed the XUbuntu packages
> (I
> wouldn't actually call it lightweight by the way, it put over 250 on ;-) ),
> it
> asked me which Window Manager I wanted to use, offering kdm or gdm. Since I
> thought that I would be remo
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Terry Coles wrote:
> Well I'm halfway. I tried disabling the backports repository in
> KPackageKit, but didn't get any prompt. Perhaps if I'd originally done it
> in Synaptic it would have worked.
>
> Anyway, I've installed the XUbuntu desktop and am using it now. The good
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Oh! OK. I just thought of that as the backports repository. I can
> > disable that in KPackageKit. In fact, I've been wondering what would
> > happen if I did just that, without removing anything. I might try it
> > before I remove KDE.
>
> Yes,
What can you say? Bastards.
Terry Coles wrote:
> Those who are interested in the history of computing may well wish to sign
> this petition:
>
> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1
>
> These articles give a good summary of the background:
>
> http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2248379/tho
Hi,
> Oh! OK. I just thought of that as the backports repository. I can
> disable that in KPackageKit. In fact, I've been wondering what would
> happen if I did just that, without removing anything. I might try it
> before I remove KDE.
Yes, John Carlyle-Clarke was saying, if I understood co
Those who are interested in the history of computing may well wish to sign
this petition:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1
These articles give a good summary of the background:
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2248379/thousands-sign-turing-apology
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technol
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > One question. What is PPA?
>
> I mean the package repository you added to get the later KDE.
>
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu
Oh! OK. I just thought of that as the backports repository. I can disable
that in KPackage
Hi Terry,
> One question. What is PPA?
I mean the package repository you added to get the later KDE.
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu
It's one way individuals can make packages available.
https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA
If it's not in your sources.list,
On Monday 31 Aug 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> According to #dorset on IRC, we think the easiest way may be to install
> a lightweight alternative to KDE, like xubuntu-desktop. Switch to that.
> And then use synaptic to remove the PPA and its packages, removing KDE.
> Apparently, synaptic will sho
Hi Terry,
> It looks likely therefore (but not certain), that the KDE 4.3 upgrade
> is the problem. When I installed it, I was aware that there were
> risks in doing so, and was quite prepared to trash everything and
> start again with a clean install of Jaunty. However, it worked fine
> for se
Sorry. Some things are just a mystery. I put a Feisty disc into a new P4
box and it worked straight away, except for on board sound. So I put an
old Soundblaster card in and it worked so well I could even use
Rhythmbox, Audacity and Skype all at the same time with no audio
conflicts. Then I re-
On Friday 28 Aug 2009, Terry Coles wrote:
> Since yesterday evening, I've had no sound when browsing the web, (Firefox
> or Konquerer) or when playing games. Playback of music and videos seems to
> work OK though when I use Amarok or Dragon Player.
>
> I'm assuming this was a broken update, but wh
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